Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 109-120 , March 2009

Changes in psychosocial distress in outpatients with heart failure with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

  • Sue A. Thomas, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Sue Thomas, PhD, FN, FAAN, Professor and Assistant Dean for PhD Studies, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1579
    • ,
  • Erika Friedmann, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Stephen S. Gottlieb, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Fang Liu, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Patricia G. Morton, RN, PhD, ACNP, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Deborah W. Chapa, RN, PhD, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida
    • ,
  • Hyeon-Joo Lee, RN, MS, ANP

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Eun-Shim Nahm, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial Investigators.

      Affiliations

    • The complete list of investigators has been published: See reference 11.

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 This research was partially supported by grants R01 NR07613 from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, and grants UO1 HL55766, UO1 HL55297, and UO1 HL55496 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, and by Medtronic, Wyeth–Ayerst Laboratories, and Knoll Pharmaceuticals.

PII: S0147-9563(08)00100-3

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.05.005

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 109-120 , March 2009

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